Consumer groups petition FDA to ban GE salmon
February 07, 2012 | 07:08 PM
Consumers Union, Food & Water Watch, and the Center for Food Safety submitted a formal petition to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today asking the agency to classify and evaluate AquaBounty’s “AquAdvantage” genetically engineered (GE) salmon and all of its components as a food additive.
The groups’ legal petition contends that the agency review process that treats genetically engineered salmon only as a new animal drug is insufficient to protect public health, and that the agency is required by law to review the GE salmon under what should be a more rigorous process for any novel substance added to food.
The groups’ legal petition contends that the agency review process that treats genetically engineered salmon only as a new animal drug is insufficient to protect public health, and that the agency is required by law to review the GE salmon under what should be a more rigorous process for any novel substance added to food.
